Volume III · Managed Decline
From Territorial Collapse to Networked Fade
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Compares historical imperial decline with forms of influence exercised through contemporary financial, technological, and institutional networks.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
How does declining territorial control compare with changing influence through networks?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects historical comparison to financial, technological and institutional forms of power relevant to economic life.
Evidence and limits
Specify comparable indicators and limits of the historical analogy. A framework for studying decline is not a prediction of collapse.
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